ETF Analysis & Opinion

Another day, another intraday record for the Dow Jones Industrial Average. Buoyed by a stronger-than-expected February jobs report, U.S. stocks continue to grind higher. Friday's action is of the...

Shares of the iShares MSCI Mexico Capped Investable Market Index Fund (EWW) are trading higher by nearly half a percent today after Banco de Mexico, that country's central bank, surprisingly pared its...

What exactly makes an exchange-traded fund in a given economic segment “cheap?” I am beginning to think that the concept is as arbitrary and as disobliging as the automatic spending cuts...

While somewhat painful (for bears, at least) to observe, the past four years have been, in some sectors, an easy-as-pie, buy-and-hold, any-first-grader-can-do-this bullfest. Look at the consumer...

Shares of SPDR Gold Shares (GLD) have declined precipitously since the August-September 2012 rally that fell apart just short of $175 a share.GLD is a widely traded ETF that follows the price of gold...

This afternoon, the important and highly followed retail sector is lagging the major stock indexes. Traders and investors can track the retail stocks by following the Market Vectors Retail ETF (RTH)....

This morning, the S&P 500 Index e-mini futures (ES-H3) are trading higher by 6.50 points to $1543.75 per contract. It seems that investors are continuing to buy the markets after yesterday's...

Prior to the 2007-2009 financial meltdown in the U.S., risk-takers thoroughly embraced the idea that emerging markets would regularly trounce the developed economies. At times, this simply meant that...

While emerging markets equities lag, investors continue to pour cash into select ETFs that track developing world bonds. Well, at least one ETF, that being the Market Vectors Emerging Markets Local...

T2108 Status: 60.6%VIX Status: 13.5 (driving back toward 7-year lows)General (Short-term) Trading Call: Hold – if bullish, you can play the breakout with a stop below yesterday’s...

Dow Jones Industrial Average climbs close to record highs againyesterday.The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DIA) started the week higher on Monday, closing at 14,127, a gain of 0.27% on the day, and...

Media outlets continue pressing the notion that new cash is entering the stock market from the sidelines. And for the most part, this may be an accurate depiction. Anecdotally, many of my risk-averse...

Just over two months into 2013, the foreign currency market has already told traders and investors this could be the year of the currency war. That is not surprising as some global central banks, such...